TOKYO: A judge's strict adherence to a sumo tradition that bars women from the ring has ignited a gender discrimination row this week.
The judge at a sumo event held in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Wednesday, told several women who had entered the ring to give first aid treatment to a collapsed mayor to stay away.
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